Crassispira vexillum
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| Crassispira vexillum | |
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| Apertural view of a shell of Crassispira vexillum | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Pseudomelatomidae |
| Genus: | Crassispira |
| Species: | C. vexillum |
| Binomial name | |
| Crassispira vexillum (Reeve, 1845) | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Crassispira vexillum is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pseudomelatomidae.[1]
The length of the shell attains 11 mm.
The shell is closely ribbed, and with revolving ridges at the base. The color of the shell is yellowish, the lower half of the body-whorl, and a narrow lower portion of those of the spire chocolate-brown.[2]
